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It’s bananas to regard art as an investment

Enjoy your paintings and sculptures. Just don’t expect a return on what you paid for them.

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Sotheby’s sold a banana stuck to the wall with duct tape, titled Comedian, for $6.2million (S$8.32 million).

Sotheby’s sold a banana stuck to the wall with duct tape, titled Comedian, for US$6.2million (S$8.32 million).

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Jonathan Guthrie

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Who is the butt of the joke here? Sotheby’s just

sold a banana stuck to the wall with duct tape, titled Comedian

. Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun bought the artwork by Maurizio Cattelan for $6.2million (S$8.32 million) including fees.

Mr Sun said he would eat the banana.

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